DOTD encourages candidates to be mindful of guidelines when posting campaign signs
Friday, September 22, 2023 at 8:03:47 AM
BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development would like to advise candidates, as they conduct their campaigns for public office, to please keep the following in mind:
  1. It is against Louisiana Law (see RS 48:347) to place signs within the right-of-way of a state highway.
  2. Campaign signs placed in the state right-of-way will be removed and stored at the nearest DOTD parish maintenance unit for 30 days. Contact information for the DOTD districts can be found below.
  3. DOTD personnel are required to remove political signs and other obstructions from state right-of-way in a timely fashion when they become aware of the obstruction.
A good rule of thumb is to place your sign behind existing utility poles on property where you have received permission from the private property owner. Most utilities are within the DOTD right-of-way.

For directions about where and how to reclaim any of your signs that have been removed by DOTD personnel, please refer to the list below.

Thank you for your cooperation and your help in keeping our roadways safe for the citizens of Louisiana.

  • DOTD DISTRICT 02
    1440 U.S. 90
    Bridge City, LA 70094
    Phone: 504-437-3100
    LaFourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Terrebonne, Jefferson, St. Charles

  • DOTD DISTRICT 03
    228 Rue des Voyages
    Lafayette, LA 70508
    Phone: 337-262-6100
    Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion

  • DOTD DISTRICT 04
    3339 Industrial Dr.
    Bossier City, LA 71112
    Phone: 318-549-8300
    Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, Bienville

  • DOTD DISTRICT 05
    8010 Desiard St.
    Monroe, LA 71203
    Phone: 318-342-0100
    Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, Lincoln, Ouachita, Richland, Madison, Jackson

  • DOTD DISTRICT 07
    5827 U.S. 90 East
    Lake Charles, LA 70615
    Phone: 337-437-9100
    Beauregard, Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Cameron

  • DOTD DISTRICT 08
    3300 MacArthur Dr.
    Alexandria, LA 71301
    Phone: 318-561-5100
    Sabine, Natchitoches, Winn, Grant, Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles

  • DOTD DISTRICT 58
    6217 LA 15 South
    Chase, LA 71324
    Phone: 318-412-3100
    Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia

  • DOTD DISTRICT 61
    8100 Airline Hwy.
    Baton Rouge, LA 70815
    Phone: 225-231-4100
    Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Assumption, St. James

  • DOTD DISTRICT 62
    685 N. Morrison Blvd.
    Hammond, LA 70401
    Phone: 985-375-0100
    St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, Livingston, St. Tammany, St. John the Baptist